much thanks to BlindFreddy@ survivorfever.net for helping with the cast

•Father & Son team Mike & Mel White: Mike & Mel White gay father and son from Los Angeles, Ca. Might be wearing "blue" clothing.Mel:*James Melville White (born 1940) is a gay American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, writing speeches and ghostwriting books for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Billy Graham. After years of writing for the Religious Right, he came out of the closet in 1994.*White graduated from Warner Pacific College. That same year, he married his wife Lyla. They had two children, one of whom is the actor/comedian and screenwriter Mike White.Mel White admitted to his wife that he had always been attracted to men. He embarked on a long process of attempted "cures" for his homosexuality, including psychotherapy, prayer, Electroconvulsive therapy, and exorcism.*Since 1993, he has devoted himself full-time to minister to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, working on their behalf in the media, in the political process, and with fellow religious leaders.Mike:*Michael White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, director, actor, and producer for television and film and the winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for Chuck & Buck.*Born in Pasadena, California, White attended Polytechnic School and Wesleyan University. White's father is the Reverend Dr. Mel White, a former speechwriter for Religious Right figures such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. White is openly bisexual. His father, meanwhile, came out as homosexual in 1994.*White was a writer and producer on Dawson's Creek and Freaks and Geeks and wrote and acted in the films Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, Orange County, School of Rock and Nacho Libre. He also had a role in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives.•Female /Female friends Jodi Wincheski & "Christie Volkmer" :Jodi Wincheski from Houston, TX probably paired with Christie Volkmer and are SouthWest Airline flight attendants.

**She was sitting right next to one of the contestants, my friend said she was a Kelly Ripa lookalike. This contestant had another friend sitting up a few rows, who she kept referring to as Chrissy.**The lady also told the flight attendant that she and her friend Chrissy are Southwest Airlines flight attendants back home.***She said she also had noticed one other team of two girls with backpacks and camera crews, which I suspect *may* have been the pair I (romaniafan) saw stalled outside baggage claim, but not sure.****My friend said the racer sitting next to her on the plane had mentioned that others "from our group" had been on an earlier flight that day. And as I may have already mentioned, she was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of her daughter that said "I love you wherever I go".

Jodi Christi & Jodi

Christie Volkmer•Mom & Son Margaret & Luke Adam:Margaret & Luke Adam(22), from Monument/Colorado Springs, Co. *Luke:is described as deaf as well as gay.attended Rochester Institute of TechGraduated RIT '07Colorado Springs, COMajored in Criminal Justice, Sociology Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind '03BIG reality TV Fan Currently a Starbucks barista

Luke•Married couple Victoria Pfeifer Hunt & Brad Hunt:Victoria Pfeifer Hunt(46) and husband Brad Hunt(51) from Columbus, OH. *Victoria is a tax assessor and Brad works for a electric utility power company. *They both do adventure races/mtn biking/orienteering activities.** I saw a team, a short woman and a tall man with backpacks..They may have been middle aged, not sure• Dating couple Preston McCamy & Jennifer HopkaPreston McCamy of Birmingham AL, graduate of Auburn U and Jennifer H of Columbia, SCJennifer Hopka, from Columbia, SC. She was apparently a contestant in the 2003 competition for the 50th Anniversary Playmate, and was in the documentary, The 50th Anniversary Ultimate Playmate Search. thanks to peach

** The team in on our car was the ones in the photo, wearing orange shirts. (photo below)

• Female Female team Cara Rosenthal & (?)**I would guess that they were mid- to late- twenties, but it was getting dark so I could be totally off. The one in the pink had brown hair, the other had lighter hair, but not blond. *** two girls, looked to be in their 20s *** double mint twins in matching sweatshirts, bleached teeth and badly dyed red hair ..

Cara Rosenthal

She is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader and lives in the Miami areaShe can be seen modelling a swimsuit here: third model in.Her partner may also be a former cheerleader, we hope to able to confirm those details later today...

• A pair of African American woman**one was two slightly older African American ladies• Male/ Female Asian brother & sister, Tamara Jih (Tammy) & Victor Jih Tamara Jih (Tammy) & Victor JihShe is a resident of San Francisco, graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1999, Stanford in 2003 with a B.A. in International Relations, and from Harvard with a JD in 2006.She is an Associate Attorney in a firm dealing primarilary with business litigation (trial lawyers).She also speaks Mandarin.

** Asian couple with backpacks**one of the contestants, an asian looking man with his girlfriend

• SwissMiss08:* I saw a team, a short woman and a tall man with backpacks..They may have been middle aged, not sure, I was never very close.* ...was two younger people (early to mid 20s). I think the woman I saw was blond, but not sure. She was definitely pretty and tall - guessing 5'9 or more.

• Nov 2ndInterlaken, SwitzerlandNijjy:• The team in on our car was the ones in the photo, wearing orange shirts. (below)* I also saw other 3 teams that got off (I don't really know how many are there in total though).**One older couple looking less agitated than the rest, ***another one of looking-like sisters wearing green shirts, *I meant they were looking alike, but perhaps they are just friends. ****and the other team with an African American lady

• Nov 3Salzburg, Austria *A young man was driving, what I guess was his wife or girlfriend was behind him.*A different set of people but with camera and boom men. They held each other's hands ..*Two women were running together. One was hobbling.**I'm including two more photos of the team of two women (below)***They were definitely not African American**** I would guess that they were mid- to late- twenties, but it was getting dark so I could be totally off. The one in the pink had brown hair, the other had lighter hair, but not blond. The one in the pink dropped her water bottle, which was white.

• Nov 5thBrasov & Bucharest, Romaniaromaniafan:*I spotted at least four teams coming thru baggage claim at about that time, one of which might have overlapped with the ones my friend spotted* Asian couple with backpacks * two girls, looked to be in their 20s*.. then I saw at least two other teams and their camera crews come running through the doors - **one was two slightly older African American ladies, ***and another was two rather short men

• romaniafans friend who was on flight with the teams:*She was sitting right next to one of the contestants, my friend said she was a Kelly Ripa lookalike. This contestant had another friend sitting up a few rows, who she kept referring to as Chrissy.**The lady also told the flight attendant that she and her friend Chrissy are Southwest Airlines flight attendants back home.***She said she also had noticed one other team of two girls with backpacks and camera crews, which I suspect *may* have been the pair I (romaniafan) saw stalled outside baggage claim, but not sure.****My friend said the racer sitting next to her on the plane had mentioned that others "from our group" had been on an earlier flight that day. And as I may have already mentioned, she was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of her daughter that said "I love you wherever I go".

• Seriously Gara de Nord, Bucharest’s primary train station*One particular team of young women looked too manicured for such a contest at such an hour

• Nov 15 flight Bangkok to Phuket:*one of the contestants, an asian looking man with his girlfriend. Nice guy.*Also two older men.

• Nov 15 Phucket news:*At least four pairs of contestants taking part in a travel documentary are racing around Phuket using various forms of transport today.**Two contestants in a TV production being filmed by foreigners in Phuket (see photo below)

--Remember Michael's just a rumor post? About the father/son team from the LA area? I can now confirm that this is no longer a rumor, --And in the biggest surprise of the season, we are going to have a totally deaf female racer, who must rely on signing, and who will require subtitling during the episodes.

I overheard a father/son talking about their upcoming participation in The Amazing Race season 14. I don’t think they are supposed to talk about their participation, so I won’t get into a more specific descriptions.

cool thread,i also recieved a reply from the blogger with more information:

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Got your comment… The son was pretty shy but the dadwas very outgoing. They seemed interested in findingcolor matching stuff. If I remember correctly it wasall dark blue. The son was probably early twenties,maybe younger. Dad looked like late 50s ish. The sonwas somewhat aloof, but dad was very confident, andseemed like quite the joker. I don’t think they weresupposed to let on that they were on the next TAR butI specifically heard them mention it. (dad did anyhow)

• Our first spoiled contestants, by name:Mike & Mel White, gay father and son from LA.

• Meet Victoria Pfeifer Hunt(46) and husband Brad Hunt(51) from Columbus OH. She's a tax assessor and he works for a electric utility power company. They both do adventure races/mtn biking/orienteering activities.They might be the couple in this pic:http://www.survivorfever.net/images_tar/new-2.jpg

• And finally, the Auburn-orange team of Preston McCamy of Birmingham AL, graduate of Auburn U and Jennifer H of Columbia SC

We'll see what else turns up...enjoy the show guys.BlindFreddyEdit to add Luke's age of 22

Well, we all know it's starting to film soon, so I thought I'd make this thread...

I found this fwiw,

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Just a rumor… (The Amazing Race 14)September 30, 2008

I overheard a father/son talking about their upcoming participation in The Amazing Race season 14. I don’t think they are supposed to talk about their participation, so I won’t get into a more specific descriptions.

Funny how so much of the entertertainment world is centered in just one area. After transplanting myself from the midwest I was excited to see the celebrities in Los Angeles. I had no idea how prolific “the industry” is around here.

cool thread,i also recieved a reply from the blogger with more information:

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Got your comment… The son was pretty shy but the dadwas very outgoing. They seemed interested in findingcolor matching stuff. If I remember correctly it wasall dark blue. The son was probably early twenties,maybe younger. Dad looked like late 50s ish. The sonwas somewhat aloof, but dad was very confident, andseemed like quite the joker. I don’t think they weresupposed to let on that they were on the next TAR butI specifically heard them mention it. (dad did anyhow)

A few seconds later an Asian couple with backpacks came running through the doors. Few minutes later two girls, looked to be in their 20s, came running out shouting at the crowd asking where the taxis were.two slightly older African American ladies another was two rather short men.

We also have:

Father/Son who planned on wearing dark blue (likely to be false IMO)

So so far, we have 5 possible team descriptions:

-An asian couple-2 girls in their 20s-two older black girls-two short men- and a possible father/son team (who could be the short men lol)

There was also the perhaps late 30's or 40-something lady my friend was sitting next to on the Munich-Bucharest plane ("a Kelly Ripa lookalike", she said), and her teammate Chrissy (also est in her late 30's or 40's), supposedly both Southwest Airlines flight attendants!

-An asian couple-2 girls in their 20s-two older black girls-Another F/F team (one named Chrissy) late 30s - 40 something lady; both are supposed to be Southwest Airlines flight attendants. -two short men-Tall man and Short woman- and a possible father/son team (who could be the short men lol)

-An asian couple-2 girls in their 20s-two older black girls-Another F/F team (one named Chrissy) late 30s - 40 something lady; both are supposed to be Southwest Airlines flight attendants.-two short men-Tall Man and Short Woman- and a possible father/son team (who could be the short men lol)

The chances are Chrissy and her friend or the girls in their 20s are the "dustin and kandice" team that were helped, because I doubt they would cast any more F/F teams.

Around 7, I was again heading up towards the plaza AGAIN when we were passed by a team heading down the street, towards the vicinity of the Piazza Grande or the castle, we thought. This team was two younger people (early to mid 20s). I think the woman I saw was blond, but not sure. She was definitely pretty and tall - guessing 5'9 or more. The "producer" (ie 4th person in group, not carrying a backpack or camera) stopped her to adjust her shirt or necklace as they walked down the street.

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so I got the dating team wrong sorry!!! That doesnt mean you cant add them!!

haha, ok...

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Speculation List

-An asian couple-2 girls in their 20s-two older black girls-Another F/F team (one named Chrissy) late 30s - 40 something lady; both are supposed to be Southwest Airlines flight attendants.-two short men-Tall Man and Short Woman- and a possible father/son team (This team has not been spotted by anybody, just on the list because of blogger over hearing a Dad/Son talking about being on TAR14**A tall blond woman (about 5'9) was also spotted, but with no mention of a team mate she could be a member of one of the above mentioned teams.

*One particular team of young women looked too manicured for such a contest at such an hour...*I did get a close look at a team of two young Caucasian girls who could have been models, as thin and attractive as they were.

From Michaels blog find in Austria we have:1) A young man was driving, what I guess was his wife or girlfriend was behind him. He and the woman were frazzled, amazingly desperate! And they were covered in what looked like an amazing amount blood, guts, and pumpkin rot. But it all looked fake. Plus they had tons of make-up on.

2)Just then, another white car pulled into the parking lot. A different set of people but with camera and boom men. They held each other's hands and headed right past us through a different door than the main entrance. I wanted to tell them that the path they were taking was a Detour, but I figured it wasn't my place. In fact, a staff member came up to us a short time later and asked us in German if we'd said anything to the couple.

3)We saw bobbing through the trees what looked like a TV camera light. Two women were running together. One was hobbling. The other said, "I'm going ahead a bit," and the other countered with, "OK, go ahead." Off into the park they went, clueless as the day was long.

In the photo of the blonde lady and blue shirted man, they seem to me to be in the 'middle aged' and category based on their clothes the way they are wearing them. The lady's trousers seem quite high waisted, with a belt and top tucked in, and the guy also has shirt tucked in, and *may* have a slight loss of hair.

The only thing that I can see that may be able to be identified from the 2nd photo and compared to other future photos is the back pack.

Our photo friend from the Interlaken picture that puddin discovered has been kind enough to send us a lot more info, as well as another picture for us to see!

so much!! And we are hoping to have you join us here!!

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Thanks for your e-mail and excitement and I'm glad to be able to help patching some of your Amazing Race puzzle!

Each team seems to have a cameraman and a sound engineer assigned and closely followed.

I also saw other 3 teams that got off (I don't really know how many are there in total though). One older couple looking less agitated than the rest, another one of looking-like sisters wearing green shirts, and the other team with an African American lady.I'm attaching you another non-zoomed photo at the station too, taking at the same time. I'm guessing that the older guy in there was the taxi driver.